Prodysderina armata (Simon) Platnick & Dupérré & Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013

Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Berniker, Lily & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2013, The Goblin Spider Genera Prodysderina, Aschnaoonops, And Bidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (373), pp. 1-102 : 13-15

Prodysderina armata (Simon) , new combination

Figures 61–73

Dysderina armata Simon, 1893b: 441 , pl. 9, fig. 9 (male holotype from Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela, in MNHN, examined).

Prodysderina armata : Dumitrescu and Georgescu, 1987: 100, pl. 6 (transferred male to generic nomen nudum, described female).

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of P. megarmata but have a much smaller palpal bulb (figs. 64–66); females lack the enlarged, sclerotized anterior portion of the posterior receptaculum found in that species (figs. 71–73).

MALE (PBI_OON 981, figs. 61, 64–70): Total length 1.76. ALE separated by less than their radius. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Anterior portion of endites sharply pointed. Dorsal scutum not fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum almost semicircular. Leg spination: femora: I p0-0-2, r1-1-1; II p0-0-2; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-1p, II v2-2-0. Distal prong of embolus about four times as long as proximal prong, sharply bent at about 1/4 its length.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 981, figs. 62, 63, 71–73): Total length 2.14. Sternum with additional tuberculate setal bases near anterior sternal groove. Female palp spines absent. Dorsal scutum covering 1/2 to 3/4 of abdomen length, more than 1/2 to most of abdomen width, fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum widely hexagonal, covering about 1/3 of abdomen length. Leg spination: femora I, II p0-0-2, r1-1-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v3- 2-0. Posterior margin of genitalic atrium triangular.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Venezuela: Aragua: Estacio´ n Biolo´ gica Rancho Grande, Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, 10 ° 21'15"N, 67 ° 41'11"W, May 12, 1998, montane forest litter, elev. 1250 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI_OON 982), 1♀, road to Pico Guacamaya, 10 ° 21'37"N, 67 ° 40'25"W, May 14, 1998, cloud forest litter, elev. 1550 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI_OON 981), 1♂, 1♀. Distrito Capital: Caracas (E. Simon, MNHN 5761 , PBI_OON 5447 ), 1♂ (holotype) . Me´rida: Laguna Negra, Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada, 8 ° 47'14"N, 70 ° 48'31"W, May 23, 1998, elfin forest litter, elev. 3330 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI_OON 43638), 1♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Apparently widespread in northern Venezuela (Me´rida, Aragua, Distrito Capital).

Figures

Figs. 61–73. Prodysderina armata (Simon), male (61, 64–70) and female (62, 63, 71–73). 61. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 62. Abdomen, ventral view. 63. Same, anterior view. 64. Left palp, prolateral view. 65. Same, ventral view. 66, 70. Same, retrolateral view. 67. Left embolus, prolateral view. 68. Same, ventral view. 69. Same, retrolateral view. 71, 72. Genitalia, ventral view. 73. Same, dorsal view.